Girls in STEM Mentoring Program FAQ Page

Details of the Girls in STEM Mentoring Program: How does it work?

1. In Term 1, your school selects up to four students to take part in the program and nominates a teacher to liaise with the veski.
2. The liaison teacher completes a form, providing a media consent form for each student and indicates which area of STEM the students are interested in.
3. Students are allocated a mentor, usually in groups of two or four.
4. Mentors communicate with their allocated students by email to arrange monthly online mentoring sessions at mutually convenient times from May to September.
5. Students will be asked to gather information on a specific area of research using Google approximately once a month with the aim of increasing their knowledge over time. Initially, the information will be broad, for example hearing impairment. It will progress on to more detailed information about a specific area, for example cochlear implants. Towards the end of the program, students will be introduced to information about their mentor’s specific area of research.
6. At the end of the program, each group will present their learnings in a five-minute PowerPoint presentation at a school assembly or in class during October. Parents, peers and mentors can be invited to attend.

What time commitment is involved?

• Each month, students will research one topic area on Google and write a one-page summary of their findings in dot point format.
• Mentors will arrange a 30-minute meeting each month online via Zoom or similar to discuss the summaries, give feedback and answer questions.
• Towards the end of the program, mentors will ask students to create a PowerPoint presentation based on their work and discuss real research papers.
• Students give a five-minute presentation in their groups at school assembly or in class, organised by the liaison teacher.
• The Mentors are encouraged to invite the students for a tour of their workplace as an excursion at a mutually convenient time during the program.

For more information, please email [email protected]

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